KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has decided to upgrade the security cover of former Indian cricket team captain and former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly to ‘Z category’, a senior official said. The decision was taken on Tuesday following the expiry of the tenure of Y category security provided to Ganguly.
“As the security cover of the VVIP expired, a review was done as per the protocol and it was decided to raise Ganguly’s security cordon to Z category,” he said.
As per the new security arrangement, the former cricketer will have 8 to 10 police personnel guarding him, the official said. Under the ‘Y category’ security cover, Ganguly used to get three policemen from the Special Branch in his cordon and an equal number of law enforcers guarding his Behala residence.
On Tuesday, representatives of the state secretariat reached Ganguly’s Behala office where they held a meeting with officers from Kolkata Police headquarters Lalbazar and the local police station, he added.
